Lawrence Patterson, 51, who had been chief of detectives, and former patrol deputies Lester Floyd,48, and Herman Madden, 50, entered their please to conspiracy to pirate satellite television signals. The three were arrested March 23.
Their arrests brought the arrest total in Tarnished Badge to 14.
The convictions carry potential sentences of five years in prison, $250,000 fines and two years of probation. U.S. District Judge Terrence Boyle, before whom they entered their pleas, said he would take into account that they admitted the crimes.
Many of the deputies charged were involved with drug enforcement, and District Attorney Johnson Britt said in February that he has dismissed between 200 and 300 drug cases because they were tainted.
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